Iron County Record | 1945-04-26 | Page 1 | Rests While Ship is Being Repaired

Rests While Ship Is Being Repaired A crew member of a U. 8. Air- ! craft carrier that was damaged by, ! a Japanese suicide bomber, Boyd i Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Edwards, is home on furlough while his ship Is being repaired. As a member cf the crew of the aircraft carrier, one of America's ' biggest and best, Boyd has seen , 'much thrilling action, having par-' I tlclpated in carrier based attacks on I the Japanese homeland and In in-j , vaslon actions such as Iwo Jlma. I He reports that he has been within 80 miles of Tokyo and fifty, miles of the Japanese coastline. It was while covering the Invasion of (Iwo Jlma that his ship was dam-' " aged by the suicide bomber. I As soon as the carrier Is repalr- ed Boyd expects to return to the I battles of the Pacific.